HB6744 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB093 21229 AMC 47352 b

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6744

Introduced 02/09/04, by Constance A. Howard

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

220 ILCS 5/2-204 new
220 ILCS 5/10-112	from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-112

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides for submission of documents under the Act in electronic form pursuant to rules adopted by the Illinois Commerce Commission. In provisions concerning service of Commission orders, provides that service by electronic means shall constitute service without additional proof of a receipt of a copy of the order.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning utilities.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing Section 10-112 and by adding Section 2-204 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/2-204 new)

Sec. 2-204. Electronic writings; administrative rules; fees.

(a) Whenever a document, record, or other writing of any kind or description is either required or permitted by statute or by rule of the Commission to be filed with, submitted to, or otherwise provided to the Commission, the document, record, or writing may be filed with, submitted to, or otherwise provided to the Commission in electronic form pursuant to rules adopted by the Commission. Whenever a document, record, or other writing of any kind or description is either required or permitted by statute or by rule of the Commission to be provided by the Commission or by any person or party to one or more persons or parties other than the Commission, such document, record, or writing may be provided to such persons or parties in electronic form pursuant to rules adopted by the Commission. Rules adopted under this Section shall comply with the requirements of Article 25 of the Electronic Commerce Security Act.

(b) The Commission is authorized to adopt by rule and to impose and collect reasonable fees to offset the cost of developing, deploying, and enhancing automated systems for transactions pursuant to the rules adopted under subsection (a) of this Section or under other rules adopted by the Commission pursuant to law.

(c) The Commission is authorized to adopt by rule and to impose and collect reasonable administrative fees to offset all costs necessary to accept, process, store, and otherwise administer systems for documents, records, and other writings that are not electronic once the rules permitted by subsection (a) of the Section are in place.

(220 ILCS 5/10-112) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-112)

Sec. 10-112. Service of Commission orders. Every order of the Commission shall be served upon every person or corporation to be affected thereby by personal delivery of a copy thereof, by mailing in the United States mail a copy thereof in a sealed package with postage prepaid, or by electronic means to the person to be affected thereby or in the case of a corporation, to any officer or agent thereof upon whom a summons of a circuit court may be served in a civil action. Where such persons or corporations, or both, exceed 3 in number, service as herein provided may be upon the attorneys or representatives of record, if there be any; and in any event, service by electronic means or mailing in the United States mail as herein provided, shall constitute service, without additional proof of a receipt of such copy or copies of such order. Within a time specified in the order of the Commission every person and corporation upon whom it is served must, if so required in the order, notify the Commission in like manner whether the terms of the order are accepted and will be obeyed.

(Source: P.A. 91-341, eff. 7-29-99.)